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calculus of finite differences
noun
- the branch of mathematics dealing with the application of techniques similar to those of differential and integral calculus to discrete rather than continuous quantities.
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Boole鈥檚 landmark book The Laws of Thought appeared in 1854, laying out rules of logic and their application to probability, and was followed by books on differential equations and the calculus of finite differences.聽
Cal鈥瞔ulose, stony or like stone: gritty: affected with stone or with gravel.鈥擟alculus of finite differences not merely does not consider differentials, but does not assume continuity.鈥擠ifferential calculus, a method of treating the values of ratios of differentials or the increments of quantities continually varying; Integral calculus, the summation of an infinite series of differentials.
I hope you do, too. calculus, finite diferences, Gathering for Gardner, polynomials October 04 Numberplay: Calculus for the Second Grader A set of puzzles that play with a simple way to do some elementary calculus: the Calculus of Finite Differences.
The well-known Treatise on Differential Equations appeared in 1859, and was followed, the next year, by a Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences, designed to serve as a sequel to the former work.
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